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Doosan Bears
South Korean baseball team in Seoul, South Korea
South Korean baseball team in Seoul, South Korea
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Doosan Bears |
| native_name | 두산 베어스 |
| native_name_lang | ko |
| established | |
| location | Seoul |
| logo | Doosan Bears.svg |
| logo_size | 160 |
| cap_logo | Doosan cap logo 2025.svg |
| cap_logo_size | 120 |
| league | KBO League (1982–present) |
| retired_numbers | 21, 54 |
| colors | Navy blue, red, white |
| former_names | OB Bears (1982–1998) |
| ballpark | Jamsil Baseball Stadium (1986–present) |
| mascot | Cheolwoong |
| league_champs | 1995, 2016, 2018, 2019 |
| series | Korean Series |
| series_champs | 1982, 1995, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2019 |
| owner | Doosan |
| manager | Kim Won-hyong |
| website |
- Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium (1982–1984)
- Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium (1985) The Doosan Bears () are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Seoul. Founded in 1982, they are a member of the KBO League. The Bears have won six Korean Series titles (1982, 1995, 2001, 2015, 2016, and 2019) and play their home games at Seoul's Jamsil Baseball Stadium.
History
The club was founded in Daejeon in as the OB Bears, with the Oriental Brewery as their owners. OB Bears were the first team to be founded in the KBO League. The Doosan Group initially wanted a base in Seoul from 1982, as their company was founded in Seoul and had no connection to Chungcheong Province. But since there was no corporation that could establish a baseball team in Daejeon, Doosan agreed to play in Daejeon for three years before returning to Seoul.
In , the team moved to their current home in Seoul. The OB Bears were officially renamed the Doosan Bears in , after Oriental Brewery was sold to InBev and the Doosan Group assumed ownership.
The Bears won the inaugural Korean Series in 1982 by defeating the Samsung Lions to become the first KBO League champion. Between 2015 and 2021, the Bears appeared in seven consecutive Korean Series championships, winning three of the series in 2015, 2016 and 2019.
Team colors
The main colors of the team are navy blue and white, with red as the secondary color. From 1999 to 2009, yellow was used instead as the secondary color, before the team returned in 2010 to the iconic dark blue and red combination of the original OB Bears.
Mascot
The Doosan Bears mascot is a bear named Cheolwoong (철웅). Its biggest feature is that it embodies the bear, the symbolic animal of Doosan Bears, as a dynamic robot character. It emphasized strength and a future-oriented image.
Season-by-season records
| Season | City | Stadium | League | Finish | Regular season | Postseason | Awards | Rank | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win% | BA | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OB Bears | |||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Daejeon | Daejeon Hanbat | |||||||||||||||
| Baseball Stadium | KBO | 1 | 1/6 | 40 | 29 | 11 | 0 | .725 | .283 | 57 | 3.20 | Won Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (4–1–1) | Park Chul-soon (MVP) | ||||
| 2/6 | 40 | 27 | 13 | 0 | .675 | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | KBO | 5 | 6/6 | 50 | 22 | 28 | 0 | .440 | .259 | 50 | 3.54 | Park Jong-hoon (ROTY) | |||||
| 5/6 | 50 | 22 | 27 | 1 | .449 | ||||||||||||
| 1984 | KBO | 3 | 2/6 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 0 | .600 | .256 | 53 | 2.53 | Yun Seog-hwan (ROTY) | |||||
| 2/6 | 50 | 28 | 21 | 1 | .571 | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | Seoul | Dongdaemun | |||||||||||||||
| Baseball Stadium | KBO | 4 | 2/6 | 55 | 29 | 25 | 1 | .537 | .260 | 67 | 3.16 | ||||||
| 5/6 | 55 | 22 | 32 | 1 | .409 | ||||||||||||
| 1986 | Jamsil | ||||||||||||||||
| Baseball Stadium | KBO | 3 | 5/7 | 54 | 23 | 29 | 2 | .442 | .249 | 38 | 2.61 | Lost playoff vs. Samsung Lions (2–3) | |||||
| 1/7 | 54 | 33 | 19 | 2 | .635 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | KBO | 3 | 2/7 | 54 | 30 | 22 | 2 | .574 | .261 | 30 | 3.26 | Lost playoff vs. Haitai Tigers (2–3) | |||||
| 5/7 | 54 | 24 | 30 | 0 | .444 | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | KBO | 5 | 3/7 | 54 | 31 | 23 | 0 | .574 | .258 | 44 | 3.73 | ||||||
| 5/7 | 54 | 23 | 29 | 2 | .444 | ||||||||||||
| 1989 | KBO | 5 | 5/7 | 120 | 54 | 63 | 3 | .463 | .247 | 42 | 3.70 | ||||||
| 1990 | KBO | 7 | 7/7 | 120 | 35 | 80 | 5 | .313 | .231 | 62 | 4.72 | ||||||
| 1991 | KBO | 8 | 8/8 | 126 | 51 | 73 | 2 | .413 | .250 | 59 | 4.32 | ||||||
| 1992 | KBO | 5 | 5/8 | 126 | 56 | 66 | 4 | .460 | .259 | 110 | 4.22 | ||||||
| 1993 | KBO | 4 | 3/8 | 126 | 66 | 55 | 5 | .544 | .258 | 59 | 2.89 | Lost semi-playoff vs. LG Twins (1–2) | |||||
| 1994 | KBO | 7 | 7/8 | 126 | 53 | 72 | 1 | .425 | .246 | 75 | 3.46 | ||||||
| 1995 | KBO | 1 | 1/8 | 126 | 74 | 47 | 5 | .607 | .266 | 106 | 3.42 | Won Korean Series vs. Lotte Giants (4–3) | Kim Sang-ho (MVP) | ||||
| 1996 | KBO | 8 | 8/8 | 126 | 47 | 73 | 6 | .397 | .242 | 82 | 3.67 | ||||||
| 1997 | KBO | 5 | 5/8 | 126 | 57 | 64 | 5 | .472 | .254 | 84 | 3.84 | ||||||
| 1998 | KBO | 4 | 4/8 | 126 | 61 | 62 | 3 | .496 | .256 | 102 | 3.60 | Lost semi-playoff vs. LG Twins (0–2) | Tyrone Woods (MVP) | ||||
| Doosan Bears | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Seoul | Jamsil | |||||||||||||||
| Baseball Stadium | Dream League | 4 | 1/4 | 132 | 76 | 51 | 5 | .598 | .284 | 141 | 4.58 | Lost playoff vs. Hanwha Eagles (0–4) | Hong Sung-heon (ROTY) | ||||
| 2000 | Dream League | 2 | 2/4 | 133 | 76 | 57 | 0 | .571 | .289 | 150 | 4.22 | Won playoff vs. LG Twins (4–2) | |||||
| Lost Korean Series vs. Hyundai Unicorns (3–4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | KBO | 1 | 3/8 | 133 | 65 | 63 | 5 | .508 | .276 | 130 | 4.96 | Won semi-playoff vs. Hanwha Eagles (2–0) | |||||
| Won playoff vs. Hyundai Unicorns (3–1) | |||||||||||||||||
| Won Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (4–2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | KBO | 5 | 5/8 | 133 | 66 | 65 | 2 | .504 | .261 | 130 | 3.93 | ||||||
| 2003 | KBO | 7 | 7/8 | 133 | 57 | 74 | 2 | .435 | .276 | 90 | 4.25 | ||||||
| 2004 | KBO | 3 | 3/8 | 133 | 70 | 62 | 1 | .530 | .268 | 89 | 3.88 | Won semi-playoff vs. Kia Tigers (2–0) | |||||
| Lost playoff vs. Samsung Lions (1–3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | KBO | 2 | 2/8 | 126 | 72 | 51 | 3 | .585 | .270 | 63 | 3.42 | Won playoff vs. Hanwha Eagles (3–0) | |||||
| Lost Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (0–4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | KBO | 5 | 5/8 | 126 | 63 | 60 | 3 | .512 | .258 | 55 | 3.36 | ||||||
| 2007 | KBO | 2 | 2/8 | 126 | 70 | 54 | 2 | .565 | .263 | 78 | 3.45 | Won playoff vs. Hanwha Eagles (3–0) | |||||
| Lost Korean Series vs. SK Wyverns (2–4) | Danny Rios (MVP) | ||||||||||||||||
| Im Tae-hoon (ROTY) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | KBO | 2 | 2/8 | 126 | 70 | 56 | 0 | .556 | .276 | 68 | 3.89 | Won playoff vs. Samsung Lions (4–2) | |||||
| Lost Korean Series vs. SK Wyverns (1–4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | KBO | 3 | 3/8 | 133 | 71 | 60 | 2 | .534 | .280 | 120 | 4.60 | Won semi-playoff vs. Lotte Giants (3–1) | |||||
| Lost playoff vs. SK Wyverns (2–3) | Lee Yong-chan (ROTY) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | KBO | 3 | 3/8 | 133 | 73 | 57 | 3 | .562 | .281 | 149 | 4.62 | Won semi-playoff vs. Lotte Giants (3–2) | |||||
| Lost playoff vs. Samsung Lions (2–3) | Yang Eui-ji (ROTY) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | KBO | 5 | 5/8 | 133 | 61 | 70 | 2 | .466 | .271 | 92 | 4.26 | ||||||
| 2012 | KBO | 3 | 3/8 | 133 | 68 | 62 | 3 | .523 | .260 | 59 | 3.58 | Lost semi-playoff vs. Lotte Giants (1–3) | |||||
| 2013 | KBO | 2 | 4/9 | 128 | 71 | 54 | 3 | .568 | .289 | 95 | 4.57 | Won semi-playoff vs. Nexen Heroes (3–2) | |||||
| Won playoff vs. LG Twins (3–1) | |||||||||||||||||
| Lost Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (3–4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | KBO | 6 | 6/9 | 128 | 59 | 68 | 1 | .465 | .293 | 108 | 5.43 | ||||||
| 2015 | KBO | 1 | 3/10 | 144 | 79 | 65 | 0 | .549 | .290 | 140 | 5.02 | Won semi-playoff vs. Nexen Heroes (3–1) | |||||
| Won playoff vs. NC Dinos (3–2) | |||||||||||||||||
| Won Korean Series vs. Samsung Lions (4–1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | KBO | 1 | 1/10 | 144 | 93 | 50 | 1 | .650 | .298 | 183 | 4.45 | Won Korean Series vs. NC Dinos (4–0) | Dustin Nippert (MVP) | ||||
| 2017 | KBO | 2 | 2/10 | 144 | 84 | 57 | 3 | .596 | .294 | 178 | 4.38 | Won playoff vs. NC Dinos (3–1) | |||||
| Lost Korean Series vs. Kia Tigers (1–4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | KBO | 2 | 1/10 | 144 | 93 | 51 | 0 | .646 | .309 | 191 | 4.98 | Lost Korean Series vs. SK Wyverns (2–4) | Kim Jae-hwan (MVP) | ||||
| 2019 | KBO | 1 | 1/10 | 144 | 88 | 55 | 1 | .615 | .278 | 84 | 3.51 | Won Korean Series vs. Kiwoom Heroes (4–0) | Josh Lindblom (MVP) | ||||
| 2020 | KBO | 2 | 3/10 | 144 | 79 | 61 | 4 | .564 | .293 | 125 | 4.31 | Won semi-playoff vs. LG Twins (2–0) | |||||
| Won playoff vs. KT Wiz (3–1) | |||||||||||||||||
| Lost Korean Series vs. NC Dinos (2–4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | KBO | 2 | 4/10 | 144 | 71 | 65 | 8 | .522 | .268 | 110 | 4.26 | Won wild card vs. Kiwoom Heroes (1–1) | |||||
| Won semi-playoff vs. LG Twins (2–1) | |||||||||||||||||
| Won playoff vs. Samsung Lions (2–0) | |||||||||||||||||
| Lost Korean Series vs. KT Wiz (0–4) | Ariel Miranda (MVP) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | KBO | 9 | 9/10 | 144 | 60 | 82 | 2 | .423 | .255 | 101 | 4.45 | Jeong Cheol-won (ROTY) | |||||
| 2023 | KBO | 5 | 5/10 | 144 | 74 | 68 | 2 | .521 | .255 | 100 | 3.92 | Lost wild card vs. NC Dinos (0–1) | |||||
| 2024 | KBO | 4 | 4/10 | 144 | 74 | 68 | 2 | .521 | .276 | 150 | 4.82 | Lost wild card vs. KT Wiz (0–2) | Kim Taek-yeon (ROTY) | ||||
| 2025 | KBO | 9 | 9/10 | 144 | 61 | 77 | 6 | .442 | .262 | 102 | 4.30 |
Team
Current roster
Retired numbers
The Bears have retired numbers 21 and 54. The number 21 is retired in honour of pitcher Park Chul-soon, who won the KBO League Most Valuable Player Award, the Pitching Triple Crown, and the Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award in 1982. The number 54 is in memory of catcher Kim Young-shin, who committed suicide while still a young player.
Managers
| Number | Name | Tenure | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Yeong-duk | 15 January 1982 – 8 August 1982 | 1982 Korean Series | |
| 2 | Kim Sung-keun | 24 December 1983 – 8 September 1988 | ||
| 3 | Lee Kwang-hwan | 9 September 1988 – 19 June 1990 | ||
| 4 | Lee Jae-won | 19 June 1990 – 11 July 1991 | ||
| 5 | Yun Dong-kyun | 9 September 1991 – 1994 | ||
| 6 | Kim Yin-sik | 21 September 1994 – 2003 | 1995 Korean Series | |
| 2001 Korean Series | ||||
| 7 | Kim Kyung-moon | 10 October 2003 – 13 June 2011 | ||
| Acting | Kim Kwang-soo | 13 June 2011 – 9 October 2011 | ||
| 8 | Kim Jin-wook | 9 October 2011 – 27 November 2013 | ||
| 9 | Song Il-soo | 27 November 2013 – 21 October 2014 | ||
| 10 | Kim Tae-hyoung | 21 October 2014 – 11 October 2022 | 2015 Korean Series | |
| 2016 Korean Series | ||||
| 2019 Korean Series | ||||
| 11 | Lee Seung-yuop | 14 October 2022 – 2 June 2025 | ||
| Acting | Cho Sung-hwan | 3 June 2025 – 19 October 2025 | ||
| 12 | Kim Won-hyong | 20 October 2025 – present |
References
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References
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- (3 July 2018). "[이재국의 베팬알백] <1편> 서울? 대전? 인천? OB 베어스의 장엄한 첫발". Doosan Bears.
- (30 January 2021). "Inside the KBO: From Superstars to Wiz in 39 years".
- (23 October 2013). "Samsung, Doosan eyeing history in Korean Series".
- (11 November 2021). "'Miracle Doosan' reach record seventh straight Korean Series".
- "BI – 두산베어스". Doosan Bears.
- (14 July 2020). "[이석우의 스포츠 톡톡]두산 마스코트 철웅이의 외로운 응원".
- (11 February 2010). "두산, 11일 2010 새 마스코트 발표".
- (4 March 2014). "Sports in Korea Korean Pro Baseball". english.visitkorea.or.kr.
- (10 July 2017). "Retired number".
- (11 October 2022). "Doosan Bears part ways with manager Kim Tae-hyoung".
- (14 October 2022). "KBO's all-time home run king Lee Seung-yuop named Doosan Bears manager".
- (23 October 2025). "Doosan's Kim Won-hyong Urges Re-signing Five Key Free Agents".
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